The brain's body : neuroscience and corporeal politics /

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In The Brain's Body Victoria Pitts-Taylor applies feminist and critical theory to recent developments in neuroscience and new materialist social thought to demonstrate how the brain interacts with and is impacted by power, social structures, and inequality.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pitts-Taylor, Victoria (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Neurosciences > Social aspects.
Cognitive neuroscience > Social aspects.
Feminist theory.
Neurosciences.
Brain.
Neurosciences
Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain
Neurosciences > Aspect social.
Neurosciences cognitives > Aspect social.
Théorie féministe.
Cerveau.
brains.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
Feminist theory
Neurosciences > Social aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The phenomenon of brain plasticity
  • What difference does the body make?
  • I feel your pain
  • Neurobiology and the queerness of kinship
  • Conclusion: The multiplicity of embodiment.

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